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单词 spoilsport
释义
spoilsport
noun[C]
informaldisapproving
uk
/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/us
/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːrt/
apersonwhostopsotherpeoplefromenjoyingthemselves:
扫兴的人，败兴者
She didaskherdadif she could have abigparty, but theoldspoilsportrefused.她确实问过她爸爸她能否搞个大聚会，但那个败兴的老家伙拒绝了。
Synonyms
killjoydisapproving
party pooperhumorous
wet blanketdisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who are boring and old-fashioned
  • bore
  • buzzkill
  • Colonel Blimp
  • crashing bore
  • dinosaur
  • drip
  • fogey
  • fuddy-duddy
  • fun sponge
  • grind
  • has-been
  • killjoy
  • Luddite
  • sad-sack
  • saddo
  • spod
  • square
  • stick-in-the-mud
  • stuffed shirt
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(Definition ofspoilsportfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspoilsport

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I do not share my noble friend's views on the "spoilsport" nature of this new clause.
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Doctors tend to be regarded as spoilsports, wagging fingers at those who are enjoying themselves in case they may do themselves or others an injury.
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But despite all the money spent by the spoilsports on advertising, in their campaign against us they have been given extremely poor editorial comment.
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One must not feel aspoilsportabout this.
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I have received letters from people telling me not to be aspoilsportand that people would love a free day out.
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He is the most attractive, the most popular and the most agreeablespoilsportit has ever been my privilege to meet.
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I am nospoilsport, but it is not right to inflict such great inconvenience and suffering on ordinary people for the pleasures of the minority.
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It is not being aspoilsportto deplore that tendency.
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It is not that we are spoilsports but that we have a sense of values; and that is very necessary.
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I hope that one day we shall modify our system slightly so that we shall adopt a lessspoilsportattitude.
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I do not wish to be aspoilsport.
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Who are the spoilsports who removed this shelter?
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Most of the really sophisticated people who have seen the really dirty shows in all the capitals and the seaports of the world w ill call them spoilsports.
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I am not aspoilsport, and want such events to be held and a success, but such events do not comprise a policy on the underground.
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He said that they were spoilsports.
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